Filtration



@et 30 1923. A. WRIGHT ET AL FILTRATION Filed July 5 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR A. WRIGHT ET AL FILTRTION Filed July 3, 1920 2 Shee'LS-Sheell 2 wwf INI/ENTORS A I: 3 l gyram/75? 7152521175?.

'y (WW ATTORNEYS Patented 0st'. 30, i923;

untreu eras ARTHUR WRIGHT, OF UPPER MONTCLAIR, AND FRANK W. y`YO`lI|'I\'|'Gi-, 0F VERONA,

NEW JERSEY. y

' FILTRATION.

Application led inly 3,

To all whom t may con cem;

Be it known that we, ARTHUR WRIGHT, a' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Upper Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, and FRANK W. YOUNG, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Verona, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful mprovements in Filtration,`of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the art of filtra? tion and particularly to a process and apparatus for economically and efi'ectually removing the filter cakeA from the filter and preserving it in a form in which it may bq efficiently dried or otherwise treated.

At the present time it is a comparatively7V simple matter 'to pass a liquid, containing suspended particles, thru a filtering medium and thereby cause the separation of the suspended particles from the liquid. 'In some instances, however, it is a difficult matter to remove the filter Icake 'from the filterinor medium and it is always difficult to rapidl-iy, efficiently and completely remove thin lter cakes from the filtering medium. Further, in removing any filter cake fromv the filtering medium, the filter cake is conglomerated, rendering its subsequent drying and handling a difficult matter.

It is accordingly an object of our invention to provide aprocess which will rapidly and efhcient-ly, as Well as economically and effectually, remove the .filter cake from the. filtering medium and, further, will-maintain it substantially intact and transport it in its Aribbon or sheet like form to any desired apparatus for its further treatment so' that it may be readily dried, yor in other ways treated and handled, .according to the nature of the filter cake or filtrationresidues. l

A 4further object of the resent invention is to provide an apparatus or efficiently carrying out the above outlined process'and at; taining the aforementioned ends in a practical manner, thus 4materially advancing the 1920. Aserial m. 393,951.

art of filtration and reducing the difficulties and costs of filtering liquids.

With the foregoing and other objects in view our invention resides in the novel process and in the apparatus herein outlined and in the combination and arrangement of parts andv details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed. N

The preferred embodiment of our inven-- tion and theapparatus for carrying out our improved process are disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein: g I Figure 1 is a view in side section of a surface sand filter illustrating the characteristic features of our invention and disclosing the manner in which our improved filtration process may be carried out;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the filtering box illustrating the manner in which the filter cake builds up upon the cake reinforcing and stripping member;

Figure 3 is a view in lsection/taken on the line 3 3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is a view inside elevation and partially in Asection of a continuous filter and provided with our cake reinforcing and stripping mediumwhich ,is in the form of an endless belt provided for the stripping of 'the cake from the filtering medium and conveying it to distant apparatus for its vsubsequent treatment;

Figure 5 is a View in side elevation of an apparatus similar-to that disclosed in Figure 4' and equipped with means for moresecurely anchoring the cake tothe reinforcing` and stripping member,

' i igure 6 is a vlew in section taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 5. i

\Referrin to the several views wherein similar, re erencenumerals designate corresponding parts throughout, and referring particularly to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawingsy the filter is- 'constructed alongthe lines, of the ordinary surface sand filter and is compospd of-.theilter box 10, outlet pipe 11, and` is partially filled with coarse gravel I12 and .above vwhich is placed a layer of fine sand 13, the latter constituting the' filtering medium. A frame 14 supports-a wire screen l thereon and holds it adjacent the top surface of the fine sand 13 and accordingly in the cake-forming zone of the filtering medium 13. The screen 15 is composed of Wire netting er may be made of any openwork or porous material which will act in a manner as hereinafter described, and in this connection it is te be understood that We do not limit ourselves to any particular construction or form of openwork memberl as it will be apparent that a large number of different materials may be used to function in the manner as presently set forth.

iThe member l5 being located in the cake forming zone of the filtering medium 13, provides that as a cake is formed due to the v passage of a liquid thru the filtering medium, it builds upand surrounds and embeds the openwork member 15 therein, so that the meshes or interstices of the open- 'vvork member reinforce the filter cake throughout and to a sufficient extent so that when the frame 14 is raised or moved about the hinges 17 the'filtercake will be carried therewith and Will remain intact during such procedure, thus allowing the filter cake to be readily, completely and cffectually removed from the filtering medium. The openwork member 15 thus acts as a cake reinforcing and stripping member.

In carrying out our improved processit will be readily apparent that theefilter cake,

Y' being reinforced by and adhering to the reinforcing and stripping member, may be readily conveyed ortransported about, dried or in other Ways treated, and due to the same being in 'its original and deposited form responds readily and efiiciently to such treatment. In order to remove the filter cake from the reinforcing and stripping member the frame may be turned into the position illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1, the spray nozzle 18 moved above and into alignment with the frame, and the cake forcibly Washed from the reinforcin and stripping member, or the cake may be ]arred directly from the reinforcing member, depending upon the characteristics ofl the liquid being filtered and the cake under treatment. 'With the filter cake thus forcibly removed from lthe reinforcing and stripping member the latter maybe returned to its original position in the 'cake-forming zone of the filtering medium and 'the process repeated.

ln order to apply our improved process to continuous filters we have provided the apparatus as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, wherein a continuous rotary filter 20 is rovided with a drum 21 and upon which is ocated any standard form or make of filterirlighmedium (not shown) such as filtering c ot Referring specifically to Figure 5 it vvilll or links 24.

f The drum 21 may'be provided with suitable sprocket teetlr 25 which engage the chains or links 24 and are adapted to move the reinforcing and stripping member as the filtering drum is rotated. The rotary filter. 20, which is of standard construction, draws the slurry contained in the tank i2G thru the reinforcing and stripping member in an unobstructed manner, and the liquid thru the filtering medium, and into that portion of the rotary drum as is submerged in the slurry or liquor. The cake reinforcing and' stripping member passes onto the drum just before its entrance in the slurry or liquor, and as the drum is rotated the cake builds up upon the filtering mediuml and accordingly contains the cake reinforcing and stripping member therein. ln this connection it is to be noted that the reinforcing and stripping member may pass onto the drum after thenlatter has entered into the slurryor liquid, whereupon, a portion of the filter cake Will build up prior to the introduction of the reinforcin' and stripping member, should it be so esired. Further We Wish to point out that the reinforcing and stripping member may be made Without the links 24, and the drum Without the sprocket teeth 25, depending uponV the nature of the construction of the reinforcingving the reinforcing and stripping member,

it will be readily apparent that this may be chan ed and the reinforcing and stripping memger may drive the filter drum', all of which features clearly come within the scope of our invention. L

VVeWould particularly call attention to the fact that by the terms cake forming zone, we refer to that spare immediately adjacent a filter medium in which the filter cake builds up, so that the term applies to a stationary filter asshown in Figure 1, or a rotary and continuous filter as illustrated in -Figures 4 and5, and the term cake forming zone is not intended to refer to any phase of a cycle of the rotary filter. In this regard it isto be understood-that our reinforcing and stripping member may be introduced into the cake after it has been either partially or 'completely formed, should it be so desired, the same coming clearly within Athe scope of our invention, although, We have found that it ris more practical and efficient to allow the reinforcing and stripping member to encircle the rotary filter and have the cake built up around the same.

ers are located along the arc -of a circle concentric with the periphery of the rotating drum, so that as the cake, which is formed during the passage of a portion ofthe drum thru the liquid, passes upward it moves beneath and into contact with the endless belt 30. In orderthat the desired compression may be exerted upon the filter cake, suitable springs 32 are provided and press against the rollers and thus securely iron and compress the cake, rendering the same homogeneous and uniform and freeing it.l from considerable of the excess liquid and causing the cake to be securely bound inthe interstices and meshes of the cake reinforcing and stripping member 22.

The cake compression mechanism also materially aids and facilitates the washin of the cake and to this end we have provlded the spray nozzle N by means of which the endless belt 30 may be thoroughly drenched with water or other liquid which in turn fiows thru thecake and in so doing washes t-he same and is dra-wn into the interior of the filter drum and rfroperly disposed of. By

- reason of the endless belt being in contact with the cake a large stream of water may. he played directly upon the belt so that the cake Will be thoroughly drenched and washed and without danger of disrupting or prematurely discharging the cake from thel filter drum.` The endless belt is driven by the friction encountered by its contact with the cake and accordingly always travels at a speed equal to theyperipheral speed of the surface of the cake so as to prevent any mutilation or rupture of the cake and providmg for its proper ironing and compression.

The further movement of the drum causes the filter cake to occupy the position at which it is ordinarily scraped from the f/il.- tering medium and at which point thevac- 'uum which has been drawing thru the cake within the interior of the apparatus 34.

While we have illustrated this apparatus as being in the nature of a box it will be readily apparent that any desired a paratus may be utilized, according tothe esiredv treatment of the filter cake, it being merely sufiicient to point out that our process and apparatus provide a most efficient means of removing the cake from the filtering medium and conveying it to anyv desired point and maintaining it in its ,original state so that it may be efficiently and eectually treated.

As an illustration of the manner in which the cak'e maybe conveyed to an apparatus for its subsequent removal reference 1s made to Figure 4 wherein the endless cake reinforcing and stripping member passes from the filtering drum to the two upper rolls or sprockets 40 and from thence down to the A lower sprocket or roll 41, and at which locality, it encounters a beater 42 adapted to for- Cibly strike and mechanically agi'tate the cake and the reinforcing screen or member and accordingly discharge the cake. In some instances it may be desirable to remove the cake by the action of a washer or spray and in such instances the ,nozzle 43 is utilized and forcibly removes the cake from the reinforcing and stripping' member, this pro' cedure being followed when the wet discharge of thel cake is not objectionable.

From the foregoing it will be appa-rent that the cake reinforcing and stripping member does not in any way interfere with the passage ofthe liquid thru the filtering medium and in this respect our invention is to be clearly distinguished from those previous and 'impractical types of filtration apparatus `wherein'the filtering medium itself is in the form of an endle belt and the attempt to discharge the cake therefrom was unsuccessful as it has been found impractical, particularly, inv thefiltration of fine solids to prevent leakage between the filter medium, which is in the form of an endless. belt, and the drum. Further thev cake being located upon the surface only, of the belt like filter medium was not reinforced thereby and could not be efficiently handled. Our cake reinforcing and removing member is nota filter medium but acts as a cake reinforcement and having reinforced the cake acts as a stripper therefor and completely removesthe vcake from the*4 filtering medium and preserves it intact, thus allowing the cake to be readily transported` to such additional apparatus as may be needed for its subsequent treatment and having effected the complete removal of the cake renders the -filtering edium again in condition for further filtration. l

v Further, it will be readily appreciated that the reinforcing and stripping member may be made of screen wire, cloth ofwidely separated threads or openwork mesh, and, in

fact, of a large number of substances which ping member for the removal of said cake will allow the filtering liquid to pass readily from said filter medium.

t-herethru and will reinforce and remove the 3. The filtration proce consisting in cake from the/filtering medium, as described. filtering a liquid thru a filter medium hav- F rom the foregoing it will be apparent that ing a reinforcing and stripping member loas the cake builds up on the rotary'drum cated` in the cake forming zone thereof andl filter it will contain therein the reinforcing constructed in the form of an endless belt, and strippingmember 22, so tha'tas the filter moving said filter mediuml and the reindrum is rotated the reinforcing and stripping member, which is in the form of an endless belt, passes under the compression forcingand stripping member out of the liquid and then separating said filtering rmedium and the reinforcing and stripping porous and accordingly more firmly an- 15 mechanism whereupon the cake is commembfl' lndcallslng'the Cake t0 accompany pressed, rendered homogeneous and less the relnforclng and stripping member.

a 4. The filtra-tion -process consisting in inchored to the reinforcing and stripping troducing a reinforcing and stripping memmember. Further considerableof the excess bei' 111 the Cake forming Zne of a/continuous liquid will be removed from the 'Cake and rotary filter, causing a cake to form on said drawn into the drumas the vacuum is still flfel medlllm and embeddingr the reinforcmaintained on the compartments directly lng and StIlpping member therein and leadunder the compression apparatus. lAs the lng the reinforcing and strip-ping member drum is further rotated and the particular ilway fIOm the I'OfaIy filter t0 theleb Strip portion of the filter cake, under discussion, the cake from the filter medium andy cause approaches that point at which it is t0 be the cake to accompany the reinforcing and removed from the filter medium, the vacuum Stripping member.

is relieved. The reinforcing and stripping 5. The filtration process consisting in apmember is at this point lead away from the plying a reinforcing and stripping member 'lter medium'and being embedded Within to the cake forming zone of a continuo-us the filter cake accordingly strips it" from the IOtaly filter, Causing a cake to'form on said filter Vmedium and provides for its transporv filtering medium, ironing said cake, leadtation to a suitable apparatus for its further mg the reinforcing and Stripping member treatment, usually of the nature of a drier away from the rotary filter to thereby cause through which it passes ai; a, Slow mtb O f the caire to accompany the reinforcing and speed. After the filter cake has been transstripping member and causing the reinforcported through suitable treating apparatus 111g and Strlpplng member to act asa conby the reinforcing and stripping member Veyor for the subsequent handling and treat.- which is now-acting as a conveyorl it is ment 0f said cake. forcibly dislodged from the lsame by a suit- 6. The filtration process consisting in inable beater or other apparatus 42. troducing 'a reinforcing and stripping mem- It will thus be apparent that the member ber in the cake forming zone ofsa rotary 22 acts in the capacity of a cake reinforcfilter, causing a cakey to form on said filter 105 ing and stripping member and having reinmedlum, compressing said cake, lea-ding the forced and stripped the cake from the filter reinforcing and Stripping member `away medium, then acts as4 a conveyorfor the same.

Having thus described and explained our invention, We claim and desire to secure by ping member 'to act as a conveyor for vthe Letters Patent: subsequent handling and treatment of said 1. The filtration' (process, consisting in cake. passing the liquid of a liquor containing 7. The ltration process consisting in. insuspended particles through a. filter medium troducing into. the cake forming zone of a 115. adjacent to which is located a cake reinforcfilter medium and OpenWOrk endless belt ing and stripping member, causing the cake member, causing a cake to form on said to form on said filter medium 'and having/ filter medium and containing the openwork the reinforcing and stripping member thereendlessbelt member therein, leading the end- -in and then removing said reinforcingand .less belt member away from said filter i.,

stripping` member from said filter medium medium causing it to act as a cake reinand thereby causing the removal of the cake, forcing and stripping member for the refrom said filter medium. lInoval of said cake from said filter medium,

'2. The filtration process consisting in in' conveying the cake through suitable aptrodu'cing intoV the cake forming zone of a. paratus for its further treatment by said 125 filter medium a cake reinforcing and stripendless belt member and dislodging said ping member, causingl a cake to form on said cake from said endless belt member. filter medium and containing the reinforc- 8. The filtration process consisting in ing and stripping member rtherein and causing a cake to form on a filtenmedium then removing said reinforcing and striphaving an openwork endless belt imember in the cake formingv zone thereof, leading said endless Abelt member away from the filter medium'and causing it to act as acake stripping member, a cakiev reinforcement member and a conveyor for the stripped cake and dislodging said cake from the openwork endless belt member.

10. The filtration process consisting in introducing a reinforclng andstripping member into the cake forming zone. of a'lter, causing a cake to form on the filter medium and having the reinforcing and stripping member therein, compressing the cake by means of 'an endless belt applying a, was to the endless belt for washing the compressed cake therebeneath, conveying the reinforcing and stripping member away from said filter medium and causing it to reinforce and strip the cake from the filter medium and act as a conveyor therefor.

1l. An apparatus of the class described comprising a filter medium and an open-J worlr or porous member located in the cake forming zone of said filter medium a adapted to reinforce and aid in the ping of the cake from the filter medium.

comp-rising a filter .medium and an open- Work or porous non-filtering member located in the cake forming zone of said filter medium and adapted to become embedded in said cake, 4and means for moving said, -openwork member away from sald filter medium to thereby strip the cake from the filter medium. v

13. An apparatus ofthe class described comprising a rotary filter having a filtermedium thereon, a cake reinforcing and stripping member extending alon a portion of the filter medium and adgapted to reinforce and stripy the cake from the same.

14. An apparatus of the class described comprising a rotary filter including a filter Ymedium, a cake reinforcing and stripping member adapted to become 'embedded in the cake, said reinforcing and stripping member extending away from the rotary lfilter and adapted to reinforce and strip the filter cake from the said filter medium and trans` 'strip-1 member extending away from said An apparatus of the class described` builds up upon said filter medium, and means whereby said endless member is led away from said drum and adapted to convey the filter cake therewith.

16. An apparatus of the class described comprising a rotary filter including a drum having a filter medium thereon, a cake reinforcing and stripping member located in the vcake forming zone thereof and means for compressing the cake in which the reinforcing and stripping member is contained.

F17. An apparatus of the class described comprising a filter including ya rotary drum, a cake reinforcing and stripping member constructed as an endless belt and extending around said drum, adapted to be embedded within the cake and to reinforce and strip it from said drum, means whereA by s aid reinforcing and stripping member Vis adapted to convey said cake to the cake treating apparatus, and a cake compressing mechanism including an endless belt resiliently pressed against the cake when located upon the drum and containing the cake reinforcing and stripping member therein.

18. An apparatus of the class described comprising a rotary filter and having a filter medium thereon, and a cake reinforcing and stripping member constructed as an endless belt witha portion thereof located within the cake forming zone of said filter medium, said reinforcing and stripfping lter medium and adapted to act as a conveyor for for the stripped filter cake and means for removing the filter cake from -said; reinforcing and stripping member.

19. An apparatus of theclass described comprising a rotary filter and 'havin a vfilter medium thereon, and an openworV cake reinforcing and strip ing member con-v structed .as anendless elt with a portion thereof located within the cake forming zone of said filter medium, said reinforcing and stripping member extending 'away from said filter medium and adapted to act as `a conveyor for the stripped filter cake and means for removing lthe filter cake from said reinforcing and stripping member, and a compression mechanism including an endless belt adapted to contact with the filter cake and to compress the same.

20. An apparatus of the class described comprising av rotary filter and having a fil` ter medium thereon, and an openwork cake reinforcing and strip ing member constructed as an endless lt'Y wlth a portion Athereof located within the cake forming zone of said filter medium, said reinforcing and stripping member extending away from said filter medium and adapted to act as a conveyor for thej stripped filter cake and means for removin 'the filter cake from said reinforcing an stripping member, and

a compression mechanism including an end- Stateof New York, this lsja day of July,

less belt adapted to contaet'with the filter A. D. 1920. .cake and to compress the same, and means.

for supplying a Wash to the upper surface 5 of the endless com ression belt. Witnesses:

' Signed at New ork, borough of Man- A. M. LINDRNSTRUTH,

hattan, in the county of New York and i vANNE V. WALSH.

ARTHUR WRIGHT. FRANK W. YOUNG. 

